Destinations · Maryland
Columbia
MD · 39.2403, -76.8394
Historic National Road - Maryland and Star-Spangled Banner Byway are 2 of 14 signed byways within 30 miles of Columbia, Maryland.
Get in
Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport () is approximately 16 miles (24 km) from Columbia. RTA operates bus service between the airport and Columbia.
The same roads run past College Park, where they are ranked and described in full.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Columbia are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Historic National Road - Maryland · 5 mi · national
- Star-Spangled Banner Byway · 7 mi
- Baltimore's Historic Charles Street · 12 mi · national
- Falls Road · 13 mi
- National Historic Seaport · 13 mi
- Horses and Hounds Scenic Byway · 17 mi
Lookouts
- Friction Wall Overlook · 3 mi
- Putney's Bridge · 6 mi
- Old quarry filled with trash · 6 mi
- Cliff overlooking Quarry Lake · 7 mi
Named places
- Joanne Moroney Memorial Park · 1 mi
- Centennial Park · 1 mi
- Long Reach 1 Park · 1 mi
- Howard County Center of African-American Culture · 1 mi
- Howard County Center of African American Culture · 1 mi
- Yingling Ridgely Park · 2 mi
- Covenant Park · 2 mi
- Friedman oark · 2 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Ellicott City · 3 mi
- Patapsco Valley State Park · 5 mi
- Hanover · 7 mi
- Savage · 7 mi
- Baltimore/West Baltimore · 8 mi
- Laurel · 10 mi